Arizona is on the Pac-12 Networks for the fourth consecutive game, a stretch that covers the entirety of the Khalil Tate era.

That”s a slight problem for Tate from an exposure standpoint, over and above the Pac-12 Networks” limited distribution (approximately 20 million homes).

The Pac-12 doesn”t have a content-sharing agreement with CBS Sports Network, which means CBSSN can”t show highlights of games on the Pac12Nets without paying a fee. And it”s not paying the fee when it can show highlights from games on other networks (ESPN and Fox) for free.

Former Pac-12 coach and Pac12Nets analyst Rick Neuheisel hosts the ”Inside College Football” show on CBSSN. He voiced frustration with the Pac12Nets situation on his Sirius XM radio show earlier in the week, then spoke to the Hotline on Thursday.

Neuheisel explained that he wanted to promote Tate and show highlights from recent games but was told by the brass that Tate highlights were a non-starter because of the lack of a content-sharing plan with the Pac12Nets.

So the show aborted the plan to promote Tate and went in another direction.

The Pac-12 has content-sharing plans with ESPN and Fox, but not with CBS Sports Network, which is in approximately 50 million homes. That would be significant exposure for a player for a program for a conference that needs it.

And the top college football show on a network in 50 million homes counts as one of its primary analysts a former Pac-12 coach who is looking for reasons to promote players from the conference.

I”m a west coast guy, I want to show the stuff that”s going on out there, because I know it”s good football, he said. But if it”s on the Pac-12 Networks, we”re out of luck. It makes no sense.

There”s more:

Neuheisel also told me that he wanted to promote Bryce Love on a recent show and use highlights from Love”s 301-yard performance against Arizona State, but he couldn”t for the same reason:

The game was on the Pac12Nets, so highlights were not available. The show dropped the segment on Love.

Will the specific issue with CBSSN cost Love the Heisman or Tate a career-changing opportunity? No, this isn”t a red-alert situation. But the Pac-12 should address the matter in the offseason.

Good news for Tate and Love: Arizona and Stanford are on either ESPN or Fox next week. CBS Sports Network will have all the highlights it needs.

2. Oregon and Cal hold the key to the postseason.

So many possible scenarios could unfold with five weeks left, but a Hotline analysis of current records and upcoming schedules identified the Ducks and Bears as the tipping-point teams.

Both have four victories, and both have remaining home dates with Oregon State.

Win this weekend, and the Ducks and Bears would move into the highly-likely category for bowl eligibility, thereby setting the conference up for a full load of berths.

Stanford, USC, Washington and Washington State have hit the six-win threshold. Arizona, Arizona State and Utah possess November schedules favorable for six wins. (Note: Arizona was accidentally omitted from earlier version. The Cats are a lock, in my mind, so they were not grouped with the Ducks and Bears.)

Add Cal and Oregon, and that”s nine:

One team for each of the conference”s seven contracted bowl berths and two extra for at-large berths and to fill in the Cactus Bowl slot if a second team jumps into the New Year”s Six.

3. Chris Petersen goes for No. 11.

The fourth-year Washington coach on Saturday faces the only Pac-12 program he hasn”t beaten.

Petersen never faced UCLA during his long tenure at Boise State and is 0-1 while with the Huskies: He lost 44-30 to Brett Hundley and Co. late in 2014, his first season in Seattle.

Petersen”s accumulation of wins over the other 10 programs has been remarkably swift considering the schedule rotation. Of course, nine conference victories last season, including the title game, accelerated the process.

And if you”re wondering about USC, because the Huskies lost the head-to-head last year:

Petersen beat the Trojans in 2015 in the Coliseum as a 17-point underdog.

That was Steve Sarkisian”s final game as USC”s coach.

4. The six-day window is open.

ESPN elected to use the first of its two six-day selection windows for the games on Nov. 4, which means three kickoffs will be announced this weekend (late Saturday night or Sunday morning).

The games held for six-day selection:

Stanford at Washington StateArizona at USCOregon at Washington

The order of selection and available windows are as follows:

1st pick: ESPN/7:45 p.m.2nd pick: FOX/12:30 p.m.3rd pick: FS1/7 p.m.

Note: ESPN and Fox each have one more six-day window to use for either the 11th, 18th or 25.